Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoRemember, kids! Unregulated capitalism is not your friend!slrpnk.netimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1423arrow-down1imageRemember, kids! Unregulated capitalism is not your friend!slrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSand3rs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up53·3 months agoI pulled up the Wikipedia article for the 4 penny coffins and found that George Orwell is one of the references for it. Thought that was interesting. Here’s the page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_penny_coffin
minus-squareLojcs@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months ago … the coffin house was popular because it offered an economical and mid-range solution for homeless clients …
minus-square60d@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWhat a nice humanitarian gesture these are. Something Bill Gates would do instead of paying his taxes.
minus-squarehorseloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoAnother great source is Henry Mayhew’s “London Labour and the London Poor”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor
I pulled up the Wikipedia article for the 4 penny coffins and found that George Orwell is one of the references for it. Thought that was interesting. Here’s the page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_penny_coffin
What a nice humanitarian gesture these are. Something Bill Gates would do instead of paying his taxes.
Another great source is Henry Mayhew’s “London Labour and the London Poor”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor